Subject	What color is the smoke???
Posted by	DVDBURN (MD) on March 07, 2010 at 8:33 PM
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In Reply To	To follow up, I was driving today and noticed that it only posted by Jkova300z on March 07, 2010 at 06:05 PM
Message	White smoke could mean water/antifreeze is getting in the cylinders (blown gasket). Blue smoke could mean excess oil in the cylinders. Black smoke could mean excess fuel due to running rich. (Total Mouse Over Hits: a Lot) www.mytwinturbo.com Watch an ECZA meet caravan! Download my Nissan 300ZX Vin/Model Lookup
Follow Ups	Smoking z issues on turbo and engine rebuild : ( - Jkova300z 17:10:14 03/06/10 Stock turbos + free flowing exaust quickly = smoke. - Ash's Z 17:40:28 03/06/10 So is it harmfull to the stock turbos to have such a - Wright (Ca) 18:12:48 03/06/10 I wouldn't worry about it - aliaZ 19:14:32 03/06/10 huge 2nd. (n/m) - Seb@Specialty-Z 19:29:34 03/06/10 I didn't mean for it to sound like all turbos will have this - Ash's Z 16:16:43 03/07/10 I think its more old worn turbos are sensitive to it (n/m) - Antihero 23:50:03 03/06/10 check for oil in your IC pipes - aliaZ 18:07:33 03/06/10 The only thing that seems wierd to me is that both of the - Jkova300z 19:10:58 03/06/10 Well your exhaust probably has a balance tube like - Seb@Specialty-Z 19:28:18 03/06/10 Actually yea it does, I was thinking of my old exhaust that - Jkova300z 19:51:22 03/06/10 imperfect honing of z motors sometimes causes oil burning - ztunerz 19:19:32 03/06/10 Imperfect honing =not using torque plates? - ZXoltan 19:24:24 03/06/10 now besides checking the plugs... would doing a compression - Jkova300z 20:08:01 03/06/10 it might - who did the machining (n/m) - ztunerz 22:28:38 03/06/10 Sounds like Rings need to seat still - arthoes 13:16:09 03/07/10 yep (n/m) - aliaZ 21:08:46 03/06/10 Did you get my email? (n/m) - aliaZ 21:45:43 03/06/10 yes looking at it, was a busy day for me :) - ztunerz 22:30:16 03/06/10 How often have you come across that? - ZXRider 22:40:37 03/06/10 Re: Smoking z issues on turbo and engine rebuild : ( - WazTTed 23:29:42 03/06/10 you only need cats on worn out stock turbos (n/m) - aliaZ 23:41:32 03/06/10 To clarify on this... i bought a built long block from an - Jkova300z 02:11:49 03/07/10 A common mistake engine builders make when building our - ztunerz 10:59:50 03/07/10 Do you finish with 400? (n/m) - na300zx (OH) 11:32:00 03/07/10 What color is the smoke? (n/m) - DVDBURN (MD) 17:16:01 03/07/10 To follow up, I was driving today and noticed that it only - Jkova300z 18:05:37 03/07/10 What color is the smoke??? - DVDBURN (MD) 20:33:30 03/07/10 Check to see if the used the correct banjo bolts - ztunerz 21:01:37 03/07/10 As far as smoke... I don't know how distinguishable it is - Jkova300z 00:31:38 03/08/10
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